It Raids In Karnataka

The Karnataka BJP on Tuesday staged a demonstration here demanding a CBI investigation into the recovery of huge amounts of cash in the recent I-T raids in Karnataka and some other states.

BJP president J P Nadda on Monday claimed the Congress can only give a "guarantee of loot" as he accused the party of turning Karnataka into an ATM for collecting money through corruption to fund its poll campaign.

A war of words has ensued between the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP in Karnataka following the recovery of unaccounted cash of over Rs 50 crore from people including Rs 42 crore from a contractor in the recent Income Tax raids in Bengaluru.

The CBI has conducted raids at six different locations in West Bengal and Karnataka in connection with its investigation into the school jobs scam in the eastern state, a senior officer of the agency said on Saturday.

The Income-tax department has detected "bogus"expenditure and alleged financial irregularities worth Rs1,000 crore after it raided some cooperative banks in poll-bound Karnataka sometime ago, the CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) said today.

Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) faces a ban in Karnataka and legal action after raids by anti-terror agency NIA and over 100 arrests. The Kerala High Court today initiated a case against PFI over its planned strike against the raids.

ED froze Xiaomi’s $478 million (roughly Rs. 3,699 crore) worth of deposits in local bank accounts as part of an investigation into alleged tax evasion, according to sources. The freeze by the income tax department was cited by Xiaomi in a May 4 court filing in southern Karnataka state.

A Kannada news channel, Power TV, which did a sting operation claiming it proved the Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's son BY Vijayendra is involved in corruption, has said it has been raided by the police. Following the raids, the channel has effectively shut down, with much of its infrastructure seized, its editors said.

The income tax department today said it has seized over Rs 4 crore cash in raids across Karnataka and Goa in election season.

Income tax officials carried out coordinated raids today at premises owned by people allegedly linked to Janata Dal (Secular) or JD(S) in Karnataka's Mandya and Hassan districts. These are the districts where JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda's grandsons Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Prajwal Revanna are contesting their maiden Lok Sabha elections.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said the Congress was dreaming about coming to power at the centre and asked voters to punish it and its allies in such a way they would not be able to save even their deposits.

The Income Tax Department said on Sunday said that undisclosed assets worth Rs 11 crore were seized after raids on top Kannada actors and producers. Tax officials also recovered Rs 109 crore.

Income Tax Raids: Top Kannada actors and film producers were raided today by the income tax department. Around 200 officials searched multiple locations across Karnataka, said an I-T officer.

Not for the first time, the global environmental NGO, Greenpeace, is facing the heat from the Indian government. In a move that the organisation has called an effort to "muzzle democratic dissent", the Enforcement Directorate has conducted searches in its offices in Bengaluru and other establishments associated with it and frozen its accounts.

The Congress government in Karnataka has objected to the use of CRPF personnel during searches at the properties linked to state minister D K Shivakumar, saying it casts an aspersion on the credibility, integrity and professionalism the state police.

The Karnataka BJP on Tuesday staged a demonstration here demanding a CBI investigation into the recovery of huge amounts of cash in the recent I-T raids in Karnataka and some other states.

BJP president J P Nadda on Monday claimed the Congress can only give a "guarantee of loot" as he accused the party of turning Karnataka into an ATM for collecting money through corruption to fund its poll campaign.

A war of words has ensued between the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP in Karnataka following the recovery of unaccounted cash of over Rs 50 crore from people including Rs 42 crore from a contractor in the recent Income Tax raids in Bengaluru.

The CBI has conducted raids at six different locations in West Bengal and Karnataka in connection with its investigation into the school jobs scam in the eastern state, a senior officer of the agency said on Saturday.

The Income-tax department has detected "bogus"expenditure and alleged financial irregularities worth Rs1,000 crore after it raided some cooperative banks in poll-bound Karnataka sometime ago, the CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) said today.

Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) faces a ban in Karnataka and legal action after raids by anti-terror agency NIA and over 100 arrests. The Kerala High Court today initiated a case against PFI over its planned strike against the raids.

ED froze Xiaomi’s $478 million (roughly Rs. 3,699 crore) worth of deposits in local bank accounts as part of an investigation into alleged tax evasion, according to sources. The freeze by the income tax department was cited by Xiaomi in a May 4 court filing in southern Karnataka state.

A Kannada news channel, Power TV, which did a sting operation claiming it proved the Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's son BY Vijayendra is involved in corruption, has said it has been raided by the police. Following the raids, the channel has effectively shut down, with much of its infrastructure seized, its editors said.

The income tax department today said it has seized over Rs 4 crore cash in raids across Karnataka and Goa in election season.

Income tax officials carried out coordinated raids today at premises owned by people allegedly linked to Janata Dal (Secular) or JD(S) in Karnataka's Mandya and Hassan districts. These are the districts where JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda's grandsons Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Prajwal Revanna are contesting their maiden Lok Sabha elections.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said the Congress was dreaming about coming to power at the centre and asked voters to punish it and its allies in such a way they would not be able to save even their deposits.

The Income Tax Department said on Sunday said that undisclosed assets worth Rs 11 crore were seized after raids on top Kannada actors and producers. Tax officials also recovered Rs 109 crore.

Income Tax Raids: Top Kannada actors and film producers were raided today by the income tax department. Around 200 officials searched multiple locations across Karnataka, said an I-T officer.

Not for the first time, the global environmental NGO, Greenpeace, is facing the heat from the Indian government. In a move that the organisation has called an effort to "muzzle democratic dissent", the Enforcement Directorate has conducted searches in its offices in Bengaluru and other establishments associated with it and frozen its accounts.

The Congress government in Karnataka has objected to the use of CRPF personnel during searches at the properties linked to state minister D K Shivakumar, saying it casts an aspersion on the credibility, integrity and professionalism the state police.